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The television channel France 3 has been accused on Sunday of censorship after issuing a picture of a ‘yellow vest’ with a sign showing only the name of the president and Emmanuel Macron, when in the original snapshot could be read ‘Macron retreat’.
The channel, which had issued this photo retouched during the broadcast of the Saturday, tweeted on Sunday that “there was no desire to hide this poster”, which “invokes” a human error “and that it “will not repeat”.
The photo retouched has caused a stir on social networks with an avalanche of accusations of manipulation and censorship.
Mais non, dites moi to je rêve, #France3 to vraiment modifié une pancarte “Macron dégage” dans son jt, cest hallucinant ! the
Le lien pour vérifier, à partir de 4:07 : https://t.co/1cqwvycVG2pic.twitter.com/iYCORy0ooW? Benoit Deverly (@deverly_b) December 16, 2018
Contacted by AFP, the department of communications of France Télévisions has said that it was “a mistake and a lack of discernment on the part of a person that contributes to the production of the program.” “It is not a matter of censorship, nor of a wish to conceal information,” said AFP, that he apologizes for what happened.
In the image transmitted on France 3, we see several policemen on horseback, in front of a group of ‘yellow vests’ standing on a ladder, in the Place de l’opera in Paris, during the fifth day of mobilization of this movement. One of the demonstrators is carrying a poster in white with the name ‘Macron’ on a suspect and curious empty space.
The original photo, taken by a photographer of the agency, clearly shows the slogan ‘Macron dégage’ written on it, a sign that the photograph was doctored, to make disappear the word ‘dégage’.
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